Ikebukuro

Like Shinjuku and Shibuya, Ikebukuro is known as one of the subcenters of Tokyo. Ikebukuro station is surrounded by huge department stores, speciality stors, restaurants, and adult-entertainment establishments. The downtown spreads out both the west and the east areas of Ikebukuro station. An average of 1 million people use Ikebukuro station per day.>>Map

Required Time to Notable Stations

Available Lines

Yamanote Line

Saikyo Line

Shonan-Shinjuku Line

Seibu Ikebukuro Line

Tobu Tojo Line

Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line

Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line

Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line

Yamanote Line

6 mins to Shinjuku

16 mins to Ueno

Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line

15 mins to Tokyo

Bus

Toei Bus

To Tokyo Dome City

To Nishi-Arai Station

To Ueno Park

To Kaminarimon at Asakusa

Kokusai Kogyo Bus

To Nakano Station

To Tkashimadaira Station

To Hikarigaoka Station

To Akabane Station West Exit

Seibu Bus

To Shinjuku Station West Exit

Kanto Bus

To Nakano Station

The Sights

Ikufkuro

Sunshine City

The Seibu Department Stores

Bic Camera

Sakuraya

PARCO

Tokyo Hands

LIBRO

Junkudo

Animate

Mandarake

Toyota Amlux

Tobu Department Store

Marui City

Japan Library of Mystery Literature

Ikebukuro West Exit Park

TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART SPACE

Gokoku-ji

Sunshine Theatre

Theater Green

Events

Fukuro Festival

The festival has been holding every year since 1968. Over ten portable shrines are carried by the people who are representatives of each area in Ikebukuro.The festival includes the Tokyo Yosakoi. Many dancers takes part in the Tokto Yosakoi, and it is beacoming the center of attention in the Fukuro Festival.